In Xcode, is there a way to disable the timestamps that appear in the debugger console when calling NSLog?

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Xcode's debugger console makes it easy to see any debugging messages my app sends out using NSLog(), but it always sticks a timestamp prefix on them:

2009-08-30 04:54:48.128 MyApp[94652:a0f] some log message
2009-08-30 04:54:50.647 MyApp[94652:a0f] another log message
...

I have no use for this prefix, and it takes up a lot of room. I have a feeling it is hard-coded into Apple's logging system, but just in case there is a solution out there:

Can I have the debugger console show me log messages without the timestamp prefix?

Something like this would be perfect:

some log message
another log message
...
xcode settings console debugging
8 Answers

Clean Log Macro

Here is a macro I've made for this purpose. It works exactly like NSLog but with just your text, no extra info

Macro (paste to your .h)

#define CLog(__string, ...) fprintf(stderr, "\n%s", [([NSString stringWithFormat:__string, ##__VA_ARGS__]) UTF8String])

Example use:

CLog(@"I am %i days and %i years old", 3, 7);

Logs:

I am 3 days and 7 years old

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